Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Familiars by Stacey Halls

17 reviews

bookish_kirst's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Infertility, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Child death

knitterscasket's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexism and Adult/minor relationship

roksyreads's review against another edition

4.5

This is a beautiful but difficult read. You must be able to suspend your modern mindset to a degree, something I often struggled with as Fleetwood feels so familiar to me - I saw much of myself and my frustrations with the world reflected and being a woman reflected in her. I think it will take time and another reading of this book to fully unpack my feelings about it. For now, I can say it is a deeply compelling tale about a young woman seeking justice, and her beliefs resonate strongly with my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage

sammie_snk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious

3.75

*Trigger warning for those experienced with pregnancy loss*

Interesting tale of strong women finding friendship and support during an era that is quite unkind to women. Lots of twists and a satisfying yet mysterious conclusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape

yikeslou's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

In case, like me, you're ridden with furious anxiety throughout this book and want a spoiler free reassurance: it all works out. Just you wait and see how!

Anyway let's talk about how Alice was a better husband to Fleetwood throughout that whole book. Every man in this is evil and should get hemorrhoids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Main character is seventeen years old and married to a man a few years older than her, as was common at the time. MC occasionally hints at an instance of sexual abuse in her childhood before discussing it in depth at the end of the book

makienzl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

This book was enjoyable, but you really have to suspend your disbelief. Some of the behavior of the characters is definitely ridiculous for the time period. For instance the protagonist is married at 4 years old??? Maybe someone may have been betrothed but not married… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Infertility, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual assault

livlostinstereo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Infertility, Rape, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, and Animal cruelty

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A good story. Could have used a little haircut, and a deeply flawed main character that I don't think I liked... And a heaping dose of classism. I wanted a little more historic in my fiction, I think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Classism, Child death, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Alcoholism

Minor: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

creativeworld's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was a lot slow paced than Mrs England and I didn't enjoy it as much. The characters were based on real people during the witch trials which I loved! The second half really picks up so if you are struggling stick with it, it does get more exciting toward the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, and Death